Thanksgiving Picture Books

A selection of picture books for the Thanksgiving season, highlighting celebrations of all kinds.
Updated October 2, 2022
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Over the River and Through the Wood
Lydia Maria Child
Paper Book
A new illustrated version of this classic song, complete with full lyrics and musical notation. A family glides over the snow and through the countryside in a horse drawn sleigh, to visit their grandparents' house for Christmas.
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
Laurie Halse Anderson
Paper Book
From the author of Speak and Fever, 1793, comes the never-before-told tale of Sarah Josepha Hale, the extraordinary "lady editor" who made Thanksgiving a national holiday! Thanksgiving might have started with a jubilant feast on Plymouth's shore. But by the 1800s...
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade
Melissa Sweet
Paper Book
From Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet comes the perfect Thanksgiving Day picture book. Let's have a parade! Meet the master puppeteer who invented the first balloons for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Melissa Sweet brings to life the inspirational story of the puppeteer who...
Thanksgiving Treat
Catherine Stock
Paper Book
Join one special family as they get together to create some tasty Thanksgiving treats in this charming holiday story. With Thanksgiving just around the corner, everyone is very busy. Grandma is stuffing the turkey. Dad is chopping firewood. The cousins are shucking corn. But the...
A Thanksgiving Wish
Michael J. Rosen
Paper Book
After her grandmother Bubbe's death, Amanda is worried that Thanksgiving will never be the same. But when she recalls Bubbe's favorite custom -- having her grandchildren make wishes on wishbones she had saved up throughout the year -- Amanda and her family discover the power and comfort embedded in...
Turkey Trouble
Wendi Silvano
Paper Book
Turkey is in trouble. Bad trouble. The kind of trouble where it's almost Thanksgiving...and you're the main course. But Turkey has an idea--what if he doesn't look like a turkey? What if he looks like another animal instead? After many hilarious attempts, Turkey comes up with the...
Thanksgiving in the Woods
Phyllis Alsdurf
Paper Book
A true holiday classic, this cozy autumn story invites readers to join in an outdoor Thanksgiving feast, full of cheer and generosity of spirit Every year a family and their friends gather in the woods to celebrate Thanksgiving among the trees. Everyone brings something to share and the...
Thanksgiving at the Tappletons'
Eileen Spinelli
Paper Book
You're invited! Join the Tappletons, the nicest bunch of wolves ever, for a very special Thanksgiving meal. Everyone has a job to do. Mrs. Tappleton is making the turkey. Mr. Tappleton is buying the pies. Kenny is in charge of the salad. Jenny is mashing the potatoes. It seems like...
Duck for Turkey Day
Jacqueline Jules
Paper Book
It's almost Thanksgiving, and Tuyet is excited about the holiday and the vacation from school. There's just one problem: her Vietnamese American family is having duck for Thanksgiving dinner - not turkey! Nobody has duck for Thanksgiving - what will her teacher and the other kids think? To her...
The Memory Cupboard: A Thanksgiving Story
Charlotte Herman
Paper Book
For Katie, nothing compares to Thanksgiving at Grandma's. There are the aunts and uncles, whom Katie loves to see each year. But a cherished object is broken at dinner, and Katie blames herself for spoiling the day.
The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin
Stan Berenstain
Paper Book
Mama Bear's reminders about the true meaning of Thanksgiving are left in the dust as the spirit of competition takes over and Papa Bear and the cubs begin a campaign to win first prize in the Thanksgiving Pumpkin contest.
Fangsgiving
Ethan Long
Paper Book
Geisel Award-winning author and illustrator Ethan Long turns his attention to the day of thanks with a story that's to die for. It's the fourth Thursday of November, and the members of Fright Club are cooking up something spooky . . . a Thanksgiving feast! But...
’Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
Dav Pilkey
Paper Book
School children on a field trip to Mack Nugget's farm save the lives of eight turkeys in this poem based on The Night Before Christmas.
Arthur's Thanksgiving
Marc Brown
Paper Book
Arthur finds his role as director of the Thanksgiving play a difficult one, especially since no one will agree to play the turkey.
Franklin's Thanksgiving
Paulette Bourgeois
Paper Book
In this Franklin Classic Storybook, Franklin celebrates Thanksgiving with friends and family!

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